barbula

== Latin == === Etymology === From barba (“beard”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.bʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.bu.la] === Noun === barbula f (genitive barbulae); first declension diminutive of barba (“beard”) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: barbule French: barbelé Italian: barbula Old French: barbel Romanian: barbur (“cutting-edge”) === References === “barbula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “barbula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "barbula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “barbula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “barbula”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray